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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the employment of minors; amending 2
s. 450.081, F.S.; removing certain employment 3
restrictions for minors 16 and 17 years of age; 4
revising the age at which certain employment 5
restrictions do not apply, unless otherwise required 6
by federal law; revising the exceptions to certain 7
work restrictions; removing the authority of the 8
Department of Business and Professional Regulation to 9
grant a waiver of employment restrictions; providing 10
an effective date. 11
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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Section 1. Section 450.081, Florida Statutes, is amended 15
to read: 16
450.081 Hours of work in certain occupations. — 17
(1)(a) Minors 15 years of age or younger may not be 18
employed, permitted, or suffered to work: 19
1. Before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. when school is scheduled 20
the following day. 21
2. For more than 15 hours in any one week when school is 22
in session. 23
(b) On any school day, min ors 15 years of age or younger 24
who are not enrolled in a career education program may not be 25
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gainfully employed for more than 3 hours, unless there is no 26
session of school the following day. 27
(c) During holidays and summer vacations, minors 15 years 28
of age or younger may not be employed, permitted, or suffered to 29
work before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m., for more than 8 hours in any 30
one day, or for more than 40 hours in any one week. 31
(2)(a) Minors 16 and 17 years of age may not be employed, 32
permitted, or suffered to work: 33
1. Before 6:30 a.m. or after 11 p.m. when school is 34
scheduled the following day. 35
2. For more than 8 hours in any one day when school is 36
scheduled the following day, except when the day of work is on a 37
holiday or Sunday. 38
3. For more than 30 hours in any one week when school is 39
in session. However, a minor's parent or custodian, or the 40
school superintendent or his or her designee, may waive the 41
limitation imposed in this subparagraph on a form prescribed by 42
the department and provided to th e minor's employer. 43
(b) On any school day, minors 16 and 17 years of age who 44
are not enrolled in a career education program may not be 45
gainfully employed during school hours. 46
(2)(3) Minors 15 years of age or younger may not be 47
employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any gainful 48
occupation for more than 6 consecutive days in any one week. 49
(3)(4) Minors 15 years of age or younger may not be 50
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employed, permitted, or suffered to wo rk for more than 4 hours 51
continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a 52
meal period; and for the purposes of this section law, a period 53
of less than 30 minutes is not deemed to interrupt a continuous 54
period of work. Minors 16 and 17 years of age who are employed, 55
permitted, or suffered to work for 8 hours or more in any one 56
day as authorized by this section may not be employed, 57
permitted, or suffered to work for more than 4 hours 58
continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a 59
meal period. 60
(4)(5) Unless otherwise required by federal law, 61
subsections (1)-(3) (1)-(4) do not apply to: 62
(a) Minors 14 16 and 15 17 years of age who have graduated 63
from high school or received a high school equivalency diploma. 64
(b) Minors 14 and 15 years of age who are within the 65
compulsory school attendance age limit and who hold a valid 66
certificate of exemption issued by the school superintendent or 67
his or her designee pursuant to s. 1003.21(3). 68
(c) Minors enrolled in a public an educational institution 69
who qualify on a hardship basis, such as economic necessity or 70
family emergency. The school superintendent or his or her 71
designee shall make such determination and issue a waiver of 72
hours to the minor and the employer. The form and contents 73
thereof shall be prescribed by the department. 74
(d) Minors 14 16 and 15 17 years of age who are in a home 75
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education program or are enrolled in an approved virtual 76
instruction program in which the minor is separated from the 77
teacher by time only. 78
(e) Minors in domestic service in private homes, minors 79
employed by their parents, or pages in the Florida Legislature. 80
(6) The department may grant a waiver of the restrictions 81
imposed by this section pursuant to s. 450.095. 82
(5)(7) The presence of a minor in any pl ace of employment 83
during working hours is prima facie evidence of his or her 84
employment therein. 85
(6)(8) A violation of this section is An employer who 86
requires, schedules, or otherwise causes a minor to be employed, 87
permitted, or suffered to work in viol ation of this section 88
commits a violation of the law, punishable as provided in s. 89
450.141. 90
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 91